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So Gerhard, what's going on today?
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The London Cycling Campaign's Community Cycling Fund for London has supported this marvellous event!
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OK, and what is the event?
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It's in support of the charity Mind
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And it's called Get Moving
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...in order to get people who are normally
not particularly physically active out and about...
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...and enjoy a bike ride, and see how easy it is to get about.
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I noticed that there's an organisation involved here which I haven't come across
before, called Tower Hamlets Cycling Club. Do you know about them?
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I think you mean Tower Hamlets Wheelers, don't you?
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No :) No, there's actually a Tower Hamlets Cycling Club [as well]. Yes.
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Abdi: It's this guy!
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HH: OK. And you're ... from Mind aren't you?
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I'm from Mind, yes
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And what's your name again?
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Abdi Rashid
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OK, and you're involved in organising this event
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That's right. This is the Get Moving event,
coupled with the World Mental Health Day
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Is that today?
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World Mental Health Day is on the 10th of October each year...
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...but this year what we have decided to do is to collaborate with
the Get Moving event, which is happening up and down the country
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It is a national drive to try to encourage mental
health service users to cycle and become active...
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...and by improving their physical health, it will also help their mental health.
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I think it would help everyone's mental health.
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To be active? Yes!
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Not only that. Time To Change, which is part of the Get Moving
event, is a campaign to tackle mental health stigma within our society
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...and to end mental health discrimination.
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As you are probably aware, one in four of us might
get a mental health condition some time in our lives
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And this is the best way to actually campaign and get everybody involved.
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Excellent! Well done!
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But we're getting left behind. We'd should probably catch up! Thank you Abdi.
